FY 2018 Sauk-Suiattle Fish Enforcement

Salmonid Hatcheries and Harvest Management

Harvest Management
Project ID18-SSIT-02
Recovery DomainsPuget Sound
Start Date08/31/2022
End Date06/30/2023
Year2018
StatusCompleted
Last Edited02/14/2024
 
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Description    


This project focused on full enforcement of Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribes Cascade River commercial spring Chinook fishery. This fishery targeted a hatchery run returning to WDFW Marblemount Hatchery.

Project Benefit    


The project will reduce impacts to all salmonids within the Skagit River basin by reducing the incidence of poaching. The Skagit Chinook Recovery Plan (SCRP) identifies poaching as a limiting factor to Chinook abundance. Illegal take may account for 10% or more of the Chinook escapement in the Skagit basin depending on the stock. The restoration action specified in the SCRP calls for increasing the presence of enforcement officers either by adding to existing staff or through improved coordination with other agencies. There is a long history of poaching (of all types) in this area. SSIT Fish Enforcement presence will reduce the potential for poaching while increasing the potential for detecting and reporting poaching incidents to the proper authorities. In addition, enforcement presence during tribal fisheries meets co-manager obligations.



The fish enforcement officer will catalog illegal land use activities and illegal dump sites that may impair river and riparian habitat function that support these stocks. Examples of the types of land use activities likely to be detected include illegal grading, stream bank armoring, timber harvest, and dumping. By identifying these illegal activity sites, agencies with jurisdiction can be contacted to implement corrective actions. The addition of SSIT Fish Enforcement personnel in this area is a great boost to Washington Department of Fish’s Habitat Protection and Enforcement programs which are currently underfunded and understaffed.

Accomplishments

Metric Completed Originally
Proposed

Funding Details

SourceFunds
PCSRF$30,000
Report Total:$30,000


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Worksites

45120776    


  • Worksite Identifier: 45120776
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Location Information

  • Basin: Puget Sound (171100)
  • Subbasin: Stillaguamish (17110008)
  • Watershed: North Fork Stillaguamish River (1711000801)
  • Subwatershed: Segelsen Creek-North Fork Stillaguamish River (171100080103)
  • State: Washington
  • Recovery Domain: Puget Sound
  • Latitude: 48.263572
  • Longitude: -121.64164

ESU

  • Puget Sound/Strait of Georgia Coho Salmon ESU
  • Puget Sound/Strait of Georgia Chum Salmon ESU
  • Puget Sound Steelhead DPS
  • Odd-year
  • Puget Sound Chinook Salmon ESU

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Metrics

Metrics
  • D.0 Salmonid Hatcheries and Harvest ManagementY (Y/N)
    •      . . D.0.a Hatchery and harvest mgmt. funding 30,000.00
    •      . . D.0.b
      Complement habitat restoration project
    •      . . D.0.c
      Project Identified in a plan or watershed assessment.
    •      . . D.3 Harvest Management ProjectY (Y/N)
      •      . . . . D.3.a Harvest Management Funding 30,000.00
      •      . . . . D.3.e.1 EnforcementY (Y/N)
        •      . . . . . . D.3.e.2 Acres of land covered by enforcement 468,480.0